My parents place on the lake is one of my favorite refuges. When life gets complicated I can always count on hours trolling from my boat, or sitting on the dock soaking minnows, to help melt the frustrations and issues away. And this particular day was little different. With my wife out of the country and work getting the best of me, the nearly week long vacation I had embarked on was just what I needed.
I had gotten to the lake three days earlier and was finally starting to feel like a real human again, despite the supposed hot temperatures they were having in Wisconsin this year. For me however, the hot here felt like a cool breeze after Missouri's hundred plus degree temperatures. I had been enjoying the leisurely days fishing and relaxing, the nearly perfect weather just adding to the enjoyment.
So here I was, enjoying the almost imperceptible breeze, wearing nothing but my swim trunks as I sat on the dock watching my oversized bobbers being pulled around the cove my parents place was situated on, by the six plus inch long minnows. I had to chuckle to myself at the thought that up here I was using bait almost as big as what some people down home would keep for fish. My thoughts were interrupted by motion at the house two doors down.
I'd seen her before, coming out to lay on the dock or ride the wave runner docked next to it. I guessed she was in her late thirties or so, the bright yellow bikini accentuating her ample chest and round hips. Her blond hair was generally tied back in a pony tail like a teenager and it was enjoyable to watch her sit on the dock only a hundred or so feet away, spreading an oily lotion all over her body, presumably to even out her tan, which to me looked pretty damn good already.
I watched as she pushed the wave runner out from the dock, hopping nimbly onto it with her heavy life vest hanging loosely on her shoulders. The small craft floated away from the dock slowly while she fiddled with the buckles, closing the vest around her large tits, her hands actually scooping inside the vest to lift them slightly before snugging it down. I idly thought that it might be fun to put that life jacket on for her, taking the opportunity to reach in there and cup those large breasts.
Yeah, lets face it, I'm a tit man all the way. Don't get me wrong, I think her slim legs and tight ass are pretty fricking hot, but those tits...Mmmmm what a delight they would be to see and play with.
I continued to watch as she finished strapping her vest on and then reaching down to hit the starter. All of a sudden it dawned on me, my lines are well out and there is no way she isn't going to go over them the direction she's headed.
I stood up and shouted to her. "Hey, Be careful, my lines are across there!"
I saw her look around, searching and finally finding my two bobbers floating out toward the channel. She nodded, her blond pony tail bouncing slightly before giving me a wave and turning the wave runner to go out around my lines instead of across them. I smiled and waved when she had cleared them, getting a wave back before she hit the throttle. The nearly hundred horsepower engine wound up, kicking a roostertail of water that shot out behind her a good fifty feet before the craft rocketed up onto the surface of the water and tore off down the lake.
I sat down and waited for the water to settle back down, wondering if the fish really minded that kind of thing. I decided they probably ignored it since the water was so dark and cloudy that they couldn't see more than a few feet.
I stepped down into my boat and settled into the open bow of my runabout, putting my feet up and propping myself just high enough see my bobbers over the side of the boat. It's not a huge boat, only seventeen feet, but its set up perfectly for everything I needed to do. I could pull skiers and tubes for my now grown kids, use the electric bow mount motor to sneak into quiet coves for bass or use the five horse gas trolling motor to drag crank baits back and forth across the ridges and flats of lakes like this. Of course, when I wanted to I could just sit back and let the 140 I/O push me around the lake for an enjoyable cruise or sit back and relax, letting the wave action rock me almost to sleep.
I heard the wave runner cruise by at least twice before I really noticed that it didn't sound quite right. Those things only have two cylinders on most of them and this one was starting to sound like one of them was only hitting part of the time. I wondered if she realized that she even had a problem, finally shaking my head and deciding that she was like any other clueless woman.
Yeah, that's what she had to be, clueless. Even at this distance I could hear how sick it sounded, the miss so pronounced that I wondered how the engine was even running. Imagine, my surprise when the engine suddenly went quiet, the lack of engine noise from the craft almost startling.
I sighed and sat up, pushing my wide brim "outback" hat up so I could look and see where she had died at. Sure enough, there she was, floating out by the island. I got up and stepped into the cocpit of my boat and dug out my binoculars, looking across the lake to see if she was alright. Yeah, I know, I have an over develop sense of duty to help those who are unlucky or stupid to keep themselves out of trouble. In this case, she should have brought it in two trips before to get it checked out.
Sure enough, there she was, her life jacket off and hanging on the handlebars, trying to lay down on the seat and paddle the boat with her hands. As small as the waverunner was, it was awful wide to try and do that kind of thing. I watched for several minutes, her strokes pushing her forward and the wind that was blowing a bit more out of the shelter of the cove, pushing her farther away. There was no doubt it was a losing battle. With a sigh I reeled in my two lines, tucking the rods on the dock with the minnows just hanging in the water to keep them alive. I untied my boat and pushed away from the dock before dropping into the driver's seat and firing the big I/O up.
I kicked it in gear and slowly throttled up, getting the big fiberglass hull up on plane and then backing off to a comfortable cruising speed for the short trip. No point in getting in a hurry, she wasn't going anywhere fast. I throttled down as I approached her, cutting the engine and letting my boat coast the last few dozen feet toward where she was.
"Hey there. Everything ok?" I asked.
"What the hell do you think?" she asked as she lay on the seat, her cute bikini covered ass sticking in the air and her huge tits spread apart and smashed by the seat.